Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-13
THE FLOWER FETE.
The Third Annual Exhibi-
tion Opened.
A SCENE OF RARE BEAUTY.
The New Pavilion a Blaze of GlOri.
GUS C0lOrs and Lovely
Forms.

third annual flower festival in Los A
geles was opened last night in the ne
pavilion, on the corner of Olive an
Fifth streets. The officers for the Gu
rent year are as follows: Mrs. R. N
WidHey, president; Mrs. w. B. Herr
oft. first vice.president; Mrs. F.
Howes, second vice:president; Mrs. M
Hagan, third vice-president; Mrs. W
B. Abernethy, financial secretary; Mis-
NJ. M. Fette, recording secretary; Nj
h. L. Macneil, treasurer.
Managers-Mrs. A. 8. Averill, Mr..
Hollenbeck, Mrs. Chas. Prayer, Mrs
Chas. E. Day. Mrs. w. w. Widney, Mrs
R. D. P. Widner, Mrs. Samuel Minor
Mrs. J.. M. Stewart, Mrs. E. P. johnson
Mrs. j. G. Newton, Mrs. Olive G.. Mar
shall, Mrs. J. A. Henderson.
All day yesterday these ladies, assist
ed by many others, worked untiringl
to get the exhibit in order. The place
is great improvement on that of year
ago. Hon. Henry T. Hazard and his
associates have laid the community
under obligations to them for their en-
terprise in erecting such an edifice for
these purposes.
THE PAVILION
Is l76 feet long, l20 wide and 100 fee,
in height from the bottom of the base
ment to the ridge board. Taking in gal.
lery and vestibules the area embraces
$1,000 square feet of superfcfes. 1t
took much pressing to get it ready for
the opening of the flower festival, and
it is still in an unfinished state, the
and much of the interior fin.
ish being undone. IA it is the place is
most admirable for the use it is now
being put to.
THE OPENING
Last night was really brilliant affair.
The ladies had sent out invitations to
The following persons to take places on
The stage at the formal opening:
L. E. Rowan, Chairman Board of Su
pervisors, and Supervisors w. T. Mar
lin, Oscar Macy, j. w. venable, Jacob
Ross; County Clerk c. Il. Dunsmoore;
Evening Erpress staff-H. z. Osborne,
E. R. Cleveland, Carleton Kemp, John
NJ. Davies, L. Osborne, L. C. Goodwin,
b. L. Hastings, Frank Smith, L. de
Phellan Callahan; Tribune staff-Col.
F. A. Eastman, o. A. Stevens, Barrett
Eastman, H. T. Payne, J. w. Madrill,
5. Sheridan; Times staf-Col. and Mru.
H. G. Otis, A. Mcfarland, w. A. Spald.
ing, c. F. Lummis; HERALD staff
Joseph D. Lynch, Col. J. J. Ayers. D..
M. Berry. II. w. Patton, H. J. Han.
chette, Frank Oakley; Prof. Ira More,
Of the Normal School; Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. Major A. F. Kimball. Capt. j.
w. Pullman, Lieut.. Col. w. F. Drum,
Capt. j. F. Weston, Lieut,-Col. P. H.
Major M. Barber, Major
Geo. E. Glenn, Lieut.. I. s. McCaleb,
Lieut.. j. A. Dupray, Lieut.. s. J. Clay,
Surgeon Leonard Wood; officers of the
Los Angeles Produce Exchange, Eugene
Germain, T. Castruccio, Charles Auer-
bach, F. Lambourne, T. B. Threlkeld,
E Gerlach, e. =. M. Judson; Captain
W. II. FL. Russell. Colonel Seventh In.
.antry Corps, N. G. c.; Hon. G. White
Mortimer, Fl. B. M. Vice-consul; Sena-
tor Stephen M. White; officers Board
Of Trade, Z. L. Stern, A. Nj. Lawrence,
NJ. D. johnson, L. j. Mathews, w. j.
Brodrick, s. B. Lewis; Board of Edu-
cation, DR.. ]. Kurtz, f. S. Graham, C.
?. Thurston, G. N. Earl, Mrs. A. S.
Averill, Professor W. M. Friesner, Su.
City Schools; Hon. l..
Loeb, French Consul; His Honor,
Mayor w. IL. Workman; President of
The Council, L, N. Breed, Councilmen
NJ. 7. Collins, G. L. JSteaus, j. Hyans,
W. T. Lambie, H. Hitler. NJ. Teed, S.
VI. Perry, J. Lowell. C. R. Johnson,
B. w. Jones, M. j. Frankenfeld. C.
j. Kuhrts, L. Goss, Freeman
]. Teed. Clerk of the Council, General
!, r. Ma beus, Major Butler, Major G..
1. Bonebroke, Major Joseph Kurtz, Ma
or w. d. Stephenson, Captain F. w.
Potts, Captain M. L. Starin; clergy,
aevs. T. F. Campbell, P. W. Dorsey, j.
". Parker, d. d., C. w. Gregory, B. F.
coulter, HI. C. Bristol, iV. II. Pendleton,
J. Pierce, N. L. Rigby, j. A. Edgren,
}. d., w. j. Chichester, NJ. NJ. Bovard,
J. Brdsall, r. w. c. Farnsworth, Fl. s.
effreys, A. M. Hough, j. McKelvey,
!. M. Merrion, w. B. Stradley, w. NJ.
tewart, Father Peter Verdaguer, P. III.
'odkin, d. E. Mack enzie, A. w. Heis.
er; Senator L. j. Rose, Assemblymen
:. r. Brierty, G. w. Knox, United
tates Judge E. M. Ross; Judges A. w.
luton, w. P Gardiner, w. A. Cheney,
|. X. s. O'Melveney; Chief Justice
,. w. McKinstry, Judges, E. w. Mo
Aee, j. d. Thornton, j. r. Sharpstein,
ackson Temple, T. B. Mcfarland, Van
;. Patterson. Reception Committee,
dajor Geo. H. Bonebroke. Hon. K. F.
spence, Col. John E. Platter, l. w.
Iellman, Judge R. M. Widney. Chap
in, Rev. w. H. Pendleton; on introduc.
ion, j. S. Slauson; ushers, George
,insabaugh and G. Voglesang; Master Of
ceremonies, Major F. Jordan, assistants,
J. G. Teed, w. A. Morgan, T. II. Ward,
}. II. Dunsmoor, Arthur Bray, A. N.
George M. Holton, Orr Haral.
op, George j. Denis, j. s. Scarborough,
i. N. Galloway, H. j. Fleishner, James
3urdett.
The greater number of these gentle
men were present. The gay uniforms OF
he officers of Gen. Miles staff and oi
Zen. Mathews and his staff made a very
striking scene on the stage. The
seventh Iofantry band, under the direc.
lion of A. G. Bartlett enlivened the pro-
,eedings with music, and after the
opening piece, about s o'clock, Mr..
slauson stepped to the front to introduce
MAYOR WORKMAN,
who made the opening address. By
thisitime the great space of the Pavilion
including the entire gallery was
a sea of upturned faces. Not less than
5000 persons were assembled to do honor
to the great floral fete of the year. 1t
was indeed brilliant scene which pre-
sented itself to the eyes of the Mayor as
he viewed the vast assembly. He spoke
in the following animated strain;
THE MAYORS ADDRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-The Flow
er Festival Society has called upon me
to offer you its greeting, in this third
animal exhibit Not onlv from the fair